Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dorr v. Midelburg 65 W. Va. 778 1909 1 West Virginia
Rouss v. Rouss 90 W. Va. 646 1922 1 West Virginia
Tucker v. Warfield 119 F.2d 12 1941 1 United States
Bowyer v. Creigh 24 Va. 25 1825 1 Virginia
Monroe v. Jones 136 La. 143 1914 1 Louisiana
Grymes v. Pendleton 5 Va. 54 1797 1 Virginia
Waters v. Margerum 60 Pa. 39 1869 1 Pennsylvania
Stone v. Hackett 78 Mass. 227 1858 1 Massachusetts
Graff v. Castleman 26 Va. 195 1827 1 Virginia
Judge of Benton County Court v. Price 6 Ala. 36 1844 1 Alabama
Brittain v. Richardson 3 Rob. 78 1842 1 Louisiana
Morres v. Compton 12 La. 76 1845 1 Louisiana
Baughn v. Shackleford 48 Miss. 255 1873 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Henning 10 W. Va. 596 1877 1 West Virginia
Lingle v. Cook's Adm'rs 73 Va. 262 1879 1 Virginia
Stone v. Union Savings Bank 13 R.I. 25 1880 1 Rhode Island
Brockenbrough v. Turner 78 Va. 438 1884 1 Virginia
Atkinson v. Beckett 34 W. Va. 584 1890 1 West Virginia
Pryor v. Adams 5 Va. 382 1798 1 Virginia
Kennedy's Heirs v. Kennedy's Heirs 2 Ala. 624 1841 1 Alabama